Nice… over the weekend Gretsch announced the latest addition to its popular low-cost Electromatic line of guitars––the Double Cutaway G5122DC Hollow Body.
While I haven’t a clue what actual sales figures have been like for this line, I can tell you that my posts covering earlier Electromatic releases continue to get more hits per day than just about anything else I’ve written––except, perhaps, for Gibson’s 2007 Guitar of the Week program.
With the G5122DC, Gretsch brings a double cutaway design to their budget Electromatic series for the first time, and I have little doubt they’ll be a hit… heck, I’m already fantasizing about picking one up as a cheap (albeit twangier) alternative to my long lost ES-335. :(
The guitar features a laminated maple body finished in gloss urethane, laminated maple neck (24.56“ scale length,) rosewood fingerboard with 22 frets and neo-classic inlays, chrome-plated vintage style tuners, Adjusto-Matic bridge with rosewood base, a pair of chrome-covered dual-coil humbuckers, 3-way pickup switching, and Neck Volume, Bridge Volume, Master Volume, and Master Tone controls.
The Electromatic Double Cutaway also sports an authentic Bigsby Licensed B60 vibrato tailpiece, and is currently being produced in both Black & Walnut finishes. List price is just $900.
- Gretsch Announces The New Electromatic Hollow Body
- Gretsch Releases High Style, Low Cost Electromatic Junior Jet II
- Gretsch Introduces Tim Armstrong Electromatic Hollowbody
- Gretsch Introduces Malcolm Young Signature Double Cutaway
- Gretsch Reveals New G5120 Electromatic Hollowbody
- Get Into A Gretsch On The Cheap… Electromatic Pro Jet With Bigsby
- High-End Hollowbody: Gretsch Releases G6119SP Tennessee Special
- Limited Edition: Gretsch Introduces JimmyC Custom Pin-Striped G5120
March 31st, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Oooh, that’s tempting.
Those pick-ups are funny looking. Are they the usual Gretsch size, I wonder, or standard humbucker sized? Either way, the nasty pickguard and humbucker surrounds would have to go.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:06 pm
You’re right Mark. A very tempting axe at a nice price. I don’t have any Gretsch guitars in my arsenal, but I could see getting one of these…
Does anyone else think Fender/Gretsch needs to do more with its web sites? No media of any kind. How about a video demo, or at least some sound bytes?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:14 pm
These guitars look great! Although I agree that the pickguard and the humbucker surrounds would have to go. I was thinking about adding an Epiphone semi-hollow to my arsenal, but these looks really nice. I guess it’s off to Guitar Center this weekend to see what they sound like.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Gretsch is probably just trying to stave off Eastwood, which has amazing 6 and 12 string knock-offs for half the price of these guitars. Check out the “classic” guitars, and listen to the demos.
http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/
February 27th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Good looking guitar and at a good price.The pickguard and humbuckers are an easy fix.I’ve got to check them out. Being Canadian I will have to pay a little more,but they do look cool.